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TRAPSHOOTING 

CLUB 

HANDBOOK 


The 

ORGANIZATION, EQUIPMENT 
and MANAGEMENT 
of TRAPSHOOTING CLUBS 



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Published by 

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 

Trapshooting Division 
Wilmington - - Delaware 






Copyright 1917 

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 
Wilmington, Delaware 


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Index 

Added Target Handicap System 25 

American Amateur Trapshooters’ Association 39 

Assistance of Local Dealers 8 

Assistance of Newspapers 8 

Assistance from Du Pont Co 8 

Beginners’ Shoots 34 

Blue Prints of Club Houses 15 

Blue Prints of Trap Layouts 15 

Bulletin Board 16 

By-Laws and Constitution 11 

Calling First Meeting 8 

Calling First Meeting (Form to Use) 8 

Cashier and Bulletin Sheets 19 

Change Gun Events 30 

Charter Members 10 

Class Challenge Cup Conditions # 33 

Class System, The 24 

Class System and Added Target Handicap 27 

Cleaning Rods, Gun Oil, Etc *. 19 

Club Championship Matches 34 

Club House 15 

Club Team Races 29 

Colored Target Event 31 

Committees 9, 22 

Conducting a Trapshooting Club 21 

Constitution and By-Laws 11 

Dealers, Patronize Local 14 

Distance and Added Target Handicap 26 

Distance Handicap 26 

Double Target Trophy Contests 35 

Dues and Initiation Fees 9 

Du Pont Hand Trap 16 

Du Pont Trophies 23 

Electrotypes 43 

Entertainment Committee 23 

Entertainment of Visitors 41 

Equipment , 14 

Expert Trap 16 

Field Desk and Chair 17 

First Meeting, The 8, 9 

Ghost Target Event 31 

Grab Bag Shoot 31 

Grand American Handicap 39 

Grounds, Selection of 14 

Grounds, Layout of 14 

Guns Owned by Club i 42 

Handicap Committee ’ . 24 

Handicap Systems ; 24 

Hand Trap. The Du Pont 16 

Hand Trap Events 30 

High-Gun System 28 

Honorary Members 11 

Ideal-Leggett Automatic Trap 16 

Incorporation of Club 13 

Initiation Fees and Annual Dues 9 

Inter-club Team Races 34 

I nterstate Association 38 

Leagues of Trapshooting Clubs . .... . ’ 38 

Leggett Traps 16 

Lewis Class System 27 

Local Shooters Not Members of Club 42 


Index— Continued 

Membership Committee 22 

Merchandise Shoots 35 

Miss-and-Out Event 30 

Money Shoots 35 

Money Divisions, Systems of * 29 

Naming the Club 11 

New Handicap Idea 28 

Newspaper Publicity 40 

Novelty Shoots 29 

Number of Targets to Shoot 21 

Officers, Selection of 10 

Organization 7 

Other Clubs, Information Regarding. 13 

Overhead Targets 31 

Patterns, Shot, Etc 47 

Patronize Local Dealers 14 

Pick-up Race 32 

Powder Question, The 46 

Precautions and Suggestions Poster 43 

Publicity, Newspaper 40 

Quail Shoot 30 

Quaker Shoot 32 

Record Book 19 

Registered Shoots 36 

Rules of Trapshooting 44 

Referees 20 

Safety First 43 

Score Board 16 

Score Pads and Score Cards 18 

Scorers 20 

Second Meeting 10 

Shells and Targets 45 

Shells, Empty 20 

Shooting Days 21 

Shot, Patterns, Etc 47 

Sliding Handicap 26 

Small Gauge Guns, Handicaps for 28 

Snipe Shooting 32 

Spoon Trophy Contests 34 

Sporting Weeklies and Monthlies 41 

Squad Hustlers 20 

Squad Sheets 18 

State Championship Races 38 

Subsidiary Handicaps 39 

Sweepstakes 35 

State Trapshooting Associations 37 

Targets 16 

Targets and Shells 45 

Targets, Regulating the , 22 

Team Shoot. ... .• 29 

Traps and Installation 15 

Trap Operators 20 

Tournaments, How to Conduct 36 

Trapshooting Rules 44 

Trophies, Du Pont 23 

Trophies, How to Secure 23 

Trophy Committee 23 

Trophy Spoon Contests 34 

Variety Shoot 29 

Vegetable Shoot 31 

Western Automatic Trap 16 

When the Club is Organized 13 

Who Shall Be Asked to Join? 7 

Why Gun Clubs Fail ‘ 44 

Wiping His Eye 32 


INTRODUCTION 


RAPSHOOTING is essentially social and 
competitive. While the individual may 
practice it alone, he cannot experience its 
real pleasures excepting under the stimulus 
of good fellowship and with its strong incen- 
tive to excel. Nor can the haphazard gatherings 
of friends and sportsmen be depended on for the 
fullest enjoyment at the traps. The shooter’s 
interest and skill, to be sustained, must be regularly 
exercised. Whatever is casual and uncertain must be 
made definite and positive. There must be regular 
shooting days; a proper supervision of contests; an 
accurate record of scores; the combined interest and 
responsibility of participants. There must be sys- 
tematic planning and concerted action. In short, 
there must be organization. 

This booklet is intended to aid and direct those 
intending to organize, equip and conduct trap- 
shooting clubs. We trust that clubs already in 
existence will also find in it much that is of interest 
to them. 




Trapshooting Club Equipment. Trapper’s House in the Foreground. Trap House 
and Platform are of Concrete. Benches and Gun Rack are for 
the Convenience of Shooters and Spectators 



Showing the above Equipment in Operation at a Regular Saturday Afternoon Shoot 



TRAPSHOOTING 


CLUB HANDBOOK 

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ORGANIZATION 

Most trapshooting clubs are organized as community clubs and 
are open to general membership. An increasing number are being 
organized as adjuncts of social clubs, such as golf, yacht, and country 
clubs. Still others are formed among the members of manufact- 
uring, fraternal and educational institutions. As the methods 
which apply to the organization of a community club govern all the 
rest, we treat those only. 

In every case you must first interest enough people to make the 
club practical. This is not hard to do, and success is assured, if, at 
the outset, you can secure the earnest assistance of just a few others. 
See your friends first. As soon as three or four are pledged to sup- 
port the movement you have a sufficient nucleus on which to work 
and may go ahead confidently with your general campaign. 

Who Shall be Asked to Join ? 

The success of the club will depend mainly upon the number 
and quality of the members. Some of the most enthusiastic and 
best-conducted clubs in existence have memberships of only ten, 
fifteen or twenty good sportsmen, while some large clubs have hun- 
dreds of members. Perhaps you should strive for somewhere near 
the average, which is about fifty. 

Interest the local trapshooters, if any. They love the sport and 
will be glad to help. See the game hunters; with game diminishing 
and the seasons restricted many of these sportsmen will eagerly 
join you. Talk trapshooting to business and professional men as an 
after-office-hours recreation; and do not forget that women and 
members of the clergy can enjoy trapshooting with dignity, and that 
the organization will be the better for their membership. Inspire 
every new recruit to talk of the club to his friends and get them to 
join also. 


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Assistance of Local Dealers 

The local hardware and sporting goods dealers will profit by the 
formation of your club, and should give you their support. Many 
of them have complete lists of the sportsmen and hunters who would 
make desirable members. Some will wish to join themselves. These 
dealers can advise about the kinds and cost of equipment. Their 
practical knowledge of local conditions and affairs will be of great 
value; and perhaps you can hold your first meetings at some hard- 
ware or sporting goods store. 

Assistance of Newspapers 

The newspapers will welcome the organization of a trapshooting 
club because of the live news items which will follow. Have them 
announce the aims and objects of the club, the date of the first meet- 
ing, when that is decided upon; and request them to devote some 
space to general information about the sport itself. This will interest 
many that you have not approached, and will undoubtedly make it 
possible to enlist some members who might otherwise be overlooked. 

Assistance of the Du Pont Company 

A full list of the prospective members of the club should be sent 
to the Du Pont Company as quickly as possible. To each of these 
we will send a copy of our booklet, “The Sport Alluring.” This book- 
let will increase their interest; and make them anxious for the club 
to be formed. It also contains many useful hints to beginners which 
they will find of use later. 

Calling the First Meeting 

When a few sportsmen have signified their intention of joining 
a club, if organized, it is time to call the first meeting to consider the 
prospects and possibilities. Try to schedule the meeting for an 
evening when you know the greatest number of the prospective 
members will be able to attend. In addition to posting a notice of 
the meeting in the local papers, it is well to send a letter or card of 
invitation to all prospective members. This form would be appro- 
priate: 

Dear Brother Sportsman: 

You are cordially invited to attend a meeting to be held at (give street and 
number) on (day of week) (month) (date) at (hour) o’clock, for the purpose of 
organizing a trapshooting club. 


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Trapshooting is good sport and brings together many good fellows who are 
interested in shooting, hunting and game preservation. Such a club will make 
much desirable publicity for our town, and will provide many valuable prizes 
and trophies for which we can shoot, as well as keep us in practice for the hunting 
season. It will enable us to work together for better game and fish laws and for 
the conservation of our forests and streams. 

We need your support and advice, and count upon seeing you at the meeting. 

Yours sincerely, 

(have two or more signatures). 

Committee. 


Matters for Discussion at the First Meeting 

The meeting should be called to order by one of the committee 
or by some other prominent citizen. Then a good, live temporary 
chairman should be elected. If possible have one of the interested 
parties give a short talk on trapshooting, covering the social and 
physical benefits in the sport. Invite expressions from the other 
sportsmen present and give everyone an opportunity to express 
whatever opinions he may have. Now take the sense of the meeting 
as to whether or not the proposed movement is feasible, and if it is, 
make up a list of those who say they will join and of the friends whom 
they think they can interest. 

You are now warranted in going ahead with the actual formation 
of the club. It is not policy to attempt a complete organization at 
the first meeting, but at least the following ground should be covered: 

Initiation Fee — Annual Dues 

These should be made reasonable and at the same time provide 
sufficient funds to get the club properly started. With an assured 
membership of forty, most clubs would manage well on an initiation 
fee of two or three dollars and yearly dues of one dollar, all payable 
in advance. With that sum a piece of ground could be rented, a 
trap secured and a shelter erected, if no building on the ground would 
serve that purpose. With a larger membership the initiation fee 
might be reduced, while a much smaller number might make an 
increase necessary. 

Committees 

The chairman should appoint a committee to draft a constitu- 
tion and by-laws, and a second committee to look up available gun 
club sites; and these committees should be urged to have their 
reports ready for the next meeting. 


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Charter Members 

As it is considered an honor to be a charter member of any live 
club, it is well to agree that all sportsmen making application for 
membership within thirty days from the present meeting and whose 
applications are accepted will be considered charter members. 

Arrange for the Next Meeting 

Do not make the first meeting too long. Select an acceptable 
date for your next meeting and send the prospective members away 
enthusiastic over the club. Before separating impress on everyone 
the importance of attending the next meeting and of bringing a friend 
along, also delegate someone to give the newspapers a full account 
of the proceedings and prospects. Have them publish the date of 
the next meeting and extend another invitation to all sportsmen to 
attend. Newspaper publicity, and lots of it, will help wonderfully. 

The Second Meeting 

The temporary chairman, after calling the second meeting to 
order, should add to the original list any new persons who signify 
their intention of joining, and all those on the completed list should 
be eligible to discuss the recommendations made by the committees 
and to participate in the election of officers. 

Selection of Officers 

The majority of clubs get along nicely with a president, vice- 
president, secretary, treasurer and field captain. Other clubs have 
two or more vice-presidents; some also add an executive committee. 
In many cases the offices of secretary and treasurer are filled by one 
man. 

Only men of good standing in the community should be elected 
to office. The greatest care should be exercised in the selection of a 
secretary, as the burden of the work falls on that official, and on his 
application and ability the success of the club depends. Have it 
understood that for compensation the secretary is to have a propor- 
tion of his targets and shells free at regular club shoots, and without 
making him ineligible to compete for prizes the same as other 
members. 

Committees 

The president should appoint a membership committee, a com- 
mittee on club house and grounds, a trophy committee, handicap 

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committee and entertainment committee, and should instruct them 
in their duties. As it is inadvisable that a few men should monopolize 
the positions of honor in the club, such committees should be ap- 
pointed for periods of six months or a year, when other active mem- 
pers should be given an opportunity to serve. 

Naming the Club 

A title suggestive of the sport should be selected as a name for 
the club. Many clubs use the words “Trapshooting Club” as the 
conclusion of the name. This prevents all confusion with rifle and 
revolver clubs whose scores may be printed in the same papers, and 
leaves no doubt in any reader’s mind as to just what kind of a club 
is meant. 

Honorary Members 

Many trapshooting clubs elect prominent citizens of the com- 
munity as honorary members. These members pay no dues, but 
their affiliation with the organization works to its advantage. Hon- 
orary memberships are often extended to the professional trap- 
shooters, and representatives of the gun, ammunition and powder 
manufacturers, as a courtesy in appreciation of the favors and 
assistance extended by these gentlemen to the club from time to time. 

Associate Members 

Some provision should be made for sportsmen who do not live 
in your community, but who visit it often on business or pleasure 
trips, and who would not be eligible to compete for club prizes except 
as members. If they reside in the same county they should be made 
active members of the club upon payment of the regular initiation 
fee and dues. If they live in some other county or state, the privilege 
of taking out an associate membership should be extended to them. 
With such memberships the initiation fee should be waived and 
yearly dues for a nominal amount, say one dollar, should be assessed. 

Constitution and By-Laws 

These should be as short, simple and explicit as possible. The 
following form includes ail the essential features and is such as is 
in use by many of the most successful trapshooting clubs in the 
country. With a few minor changes it will serve the purpose of 
almost any club that adopts it : 

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TRAPSHOOTING 


Constitution and By-Laws of the 
...Trapshooting Club 


Name and Object 

The name of this club shall be the 

Trapshooting Club of , and is organized to pro- 

mote the art of trapshooting, to influence the proper protection of game and fish, 
and to foster good fellowship among sportsmen. 

Membership 

The membership of this club shall consist of such true sportsmen as may 
care to associate themselves together for the above purposes. 

Officers 

The officers of this club shall consist.of a president, vice-president, secretary, 
treasurer and field captain, who shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting 
which shall be held on the first regular meeting day in each year. 

Duties of Officers 

It shall be the duty of the president to call meetings of the members of the 
club, preside at all regular business meetings, and to have general supervision 
of the affairs of the club. 

The vice-president shall, in the absence of the president, assume and exer- 
cise all the duties of that official. 

The secretary shall keep all scores and records of the club in books adapted 
to that purpose, and shall have charge of the clerical work incidental to all shoots 
and tournaments, and be responsible for the correctness of the same. 

The treasurer shall collect all moneys due from members. He shall keep 
all funds belonging to the club and be responsible for the same, paying only such 
vouchers as the officers shall approve. 

The field captain shall have charge of the shooting range, the care of ground 
property; and the conduct of practice and tournament work shall be under his 
direction. 

Meetings 

Meetings of the club shall be held as the members may elect at the annual 
meeting, or upon the call of the president, or of any three members when such 


call is presented in writing. 

Fees 

The yearly membership fees of this club shall be , . payable 

annually in advance. The initiation fee of shall be 

payable with each application for membership. 


By-Laws 

1. The price of targets for all occasions shall be cents 

each, except in regular tournaments when price shall be fixed by proper officers. 


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2. Members wishing to shoot on other than club meeting days shall pay for 
the hire of trappers and for such incidental expenses as they may incur. Mem- 
bers entertaining friends shall be responsible for their conduct and expense. 

3. It is the purpose of this club to limit the flight of targets within a reason- 
able range. The maximum distance for throwing targets shall be fifty yards. 

4. There shall be no sweep-stakes or shooting for money at the regular prac- 
tice meets, all pecuniary considerations being strictly confined to tournaments. 

5. Program for club shoots shall call for not over 25 targets. No member 
may shoot at more than 50 targets during any one club shoot. Members wish- 
ing to have this rule waived will be charged at twice the regular rate for all tar- 
gets shot at in excess of 50. 

6. A quorum shall consist of members without which number 

no business may be legally transacted at any meeting. 

7. This constitution and by-laws may be amended or altered by the vote 
of a majority of members in attendance at any meeting where at least two- 
thirds of the entire membership are present, providing written notice of such 
proposed change shall have been given all members at least ten days prior to 
the date of the meeting. 

Incorporation 

Many clubs prefer to exist as corporate bodies, especially where 
there is a possibility that property will be acquired, and permanency 
seems assured. Articles of incorporation can be prepared by any 
attorney, and the necessary steps taken to have them made legal, at 
a nominal charge. A club often has an attorney in its membership 
who will gladly undertake any legal work gratis. 

When the Club is Organized 

As soon as the club is organized, it will be well to send its name 
and the names and addresses of its officers to the Trapshooting 
Division of the Du Pont Company, Wilmington, Del. These will be 
placed on our mailing list to receive new advertising matter, inter- 
esting and instructive literature, and announcements of our attract- 
ive trophy offers for gun clubs and individuals, as they are issued. 

If you desire information in regard to the practices and conduct 
of some other trapshooting club which you know to be successful, but, 
as a stranger, hesitate to request this information direct, our Trap- 
shooting Division, which is in close touch with all the clubs in the 
country, will obtain the information for you, if advised of its nature. 

Our experts will shoot with your club whenever possible, and 
will be eager to render every service in their power. This company 
is interested in your success and anxious to further it in every possible 
way. Put your problems up to us as they appear, and depend upon 
our interest, our experience and our desire to cooperate at all times. 


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TRAPSHOOTING CLUB EQUIPMENT 


As your club is well organized and is to be conducted by com- 
petent officials, and as the sport of trapshooting will always be popu- 
ar, it is safe and proper to plan for permanency from the very start. 
Make all your dispositions and arrangements with this idea in mind, 
and as far as your means will permit, provide also for the healthy 
growth which other clubs experience and which you must reasonably 
anticipate. 

Patronize local dealers when purchasing the equipment and 
supplies to be suggested for the club, and foster this idea among the 
members for their individual requirements of guns, shells and other 
accessories. Your local dealers are entitled to this preference, and 
the community interest on which your club is founded demands it. 
Whatever favors you extend to dealers at home will be reciprocated 
by them, as they are in position to help and further your club in 


many ways. 


Selection of Grounds 


Grounds should be conveniently located and easy of access. A 
site with a good auto road leading to it, and not over fifteen minutes’ 
walk or twenty minutes’ ride by trolley from the business section 
should be secured if possible. 

It is often possible to secure unused river front sites, which make 
excellent locations when the background is good. Frequently, also, 
a club may be located in a ball park, motor speedway or fair grounds 
where shoots are free from interference, excepting on rare occasions. 
In large cities it is often impossible to secure suitable grounds nearer 
than thirty, or even sixty minutes’ ride by train or trolley, but the 
men of those cities are accustomed and reconciled to long rides and 
loss of time. In several of the largest cities the authorities devote a 
piece of land, usually in some park, where the general public may 
enjoy trapshooting under municipal control. A like concession might 
be obtained in many other cities if requested. 

Layout of the Grounds 

The amount of ground required for a trapshooting club varies with 
the number of traps installed. The following dimensions are adequate : 

1 trap, grounds should be 250 yards long and 100 yards wide. 

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5 “ 250 “ “ “ 220 “ 


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The grounds should be entirely free from buildings frequented 
by people or animals who might in any way come within gun range. 
A trap should not be closer than twenty-five yards to any other trap, 
and as a general rule, traps should be so located as to throw the 
targets towards the north or northeast. It is necessary to allow 250 
yards free space in front of the traps, for although a charge of shot 
will not carry that distance, there exists a rare possibility of a charge 
of shot “balling” which increases its range. 

The background is an important consideration. Targets 
should not be thrown in the direction of nearby trees, hills or build- 
ings, if it can be avoided. This would make it difficult to follow 
their flight, especially on dark days. A level field or body of water 
furnishes an excellent background. The traps should be far enough 
from the water’s edge so that unbroken targets, “ pick-ups, V can be 
recovered. 

The Club House 

Trapshooting is an all-year-round sport, and the only out-of- 
door game in which the contests are not postponed because of incle- 
ment weather. The matter of suitable shelter is, therefore, a first 
consideration. It is not necessary that the club house be unduly 
pretentious or expensive. It will be used but a few days each month 
and should combine simplicity with comfort. In planning a club 
house bear in mind that extensions can be made when warranted, 
but that a club starting under a heavy debt is greatly handicapped. 
The Du Pont Company will furnish free, upon application, blue-prints 
and drawings of trap layouts and of club houses, the latter varying 
in estimated cost from under two hundred to over two thousand 
dollars. 

Traps and Installation 

Here the new club will also find it advisable to proceed in a mod- 
est way, adding to its equipment as conditions warrant. There are 
various types of traps, among which one or more will come within • 
the requirements and the funds of any club. A letter or postal to 
any manufacturer listed below will secure a catalog by return mail. 
The prices quoted are subject to change and , excepting the Du Pont Hand 
Trap , are F. 0. B . point of manufacture. Your local dealer will give 
you the price that is right in your locality when you place your order. 

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Name of trap Manufactured by Price 

*Du Pont Hand Trap E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware $4.00 

Extension Spring Trap Chamberlain Cartridge and Target Co., Cleveland, Ohio 4.50 

Practice Trap Western Cartridge Co., Alton, Illinois 6.00 

The Expert Trap Chamberlain Cartridge and Target Co., Cleveland, Ohio 6.50 

The Leggett Jr. Trap Chamberlain Cartridge and Target Co., Cleveland, Ohio 35.00 

f Ideal Leggett Trap Chamberlain Cartridge and Target Co., Cleveland, Ohio 

JWestern Automatic Trap. . .Western Cartridge Co., Alton, Illinois .35.00 

Black Diamond Trap Black Products Company, Chicago, Illinois 35.00 


Targets 

Consult your local dealer about targets. He can draw on the 
stock of his nearest jobber and supply you quickly in any quantity. 
As freight is an important item in the cost of targets the price varies 
exceedingly in different territories. The names and manufacturers 
of clay targets follow: 

Name of Target Manufactured by 

Blue Rock Chamberlain Cartridge and Target Co .Cleveland, Ohio. 

White Flyer Western Cartridge Company Alton, Illinois. 

Black Diamond Black Products Company Chicago, Illinois. 

Morrill Morrill Target Company Omaha, Nebraska. 

Canadian Blackbird Nelson Long Hamilton, Ontario. 


Bulletin Board 

Every club should have a bulletin board on which to post the 
names and initials of contestants and all scores made in club shoots 
or tournaments, as well as other matters of interest to the members. 
Scores should be posted as soon as each squad finishes shooting. 
Nothing else will create more interest in the club and the sport than this 
very simple matter. 

Score Board for Squad Sheets 

At all tournaments and registered shoots the scores are recorded 
on standard squad sheets, held upon a score board in plain sight of the 

*The Du Pont Hand Trap is delivered anywhere in the United States. Orders for shipment into 
Canada should be sent to the Dominion Cartridge Co., Ltd., Canadian agents. This trap can be easily 
and quickly adjusted to throw any target perfectly. 

fThe Ideal Leggett Trap is leased, not sold, to gun clubs who agree that only “Blue Rock ’’ targets 
will be thrown with it. The rental charge is $30.00 for the first year and $10.00 for each succeeding 
year. A refund of $1 3.00 is made on the return of the trap to the manufacturer. 

The rental on each additional Ideal Leggett Trap is $ I 3.00 for the first and $3.00 for each succeeding 
year, with no rebate when returned. 

{The Western Automatic Trap equipped with an attachment for throwing doubles is sold at 
$40.00. The double attachment alone is $10.00 and may be added at any time. 


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contestants. We will 
furnish free blue prints 
of a satisfactory score 
board in which the board 
itself can be removed 
from its supports and 
taken into the club house 
after using. 

Reversible 

Score Board 

We illustrate the 
Shogren Reversible Score 
Board, which has every 
good feature. This is 
sold by E. B. Shogren, 
First National Bank 
Building, Chicago, 111. 



A Handy Field Desk and Chair 

We illustrate a handy combination field desk and chair. Blue 
prints of same will be furnished free to anyone desiring them. 

This combination can 
be built by any car- 
penter or handy club 
member for a very 
moderate sum, usually 
not over $5.00, figur- 
ing lumber and labor 
at market prices. The 

outfit will prove to be 

• 

a very great conveni- 
ence and a valuable 
addition to any club’s 
equipment. It is sure 
to be worth a great 
many times its small 
cost. 

Write for blue 
prints. 



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Squad Sheets 

The large squad sheets for use on outside score boards are used 
quite generally in tournaments, match races, etc., and every club 
should have a supply on hand. The average rate at which they are 
sold is $1 .25 in lots of 100 and $1 .00 per hundred in lots of 500 and up. 
They may be obtained from any of the following: 

J. C. Garland, 237-239 First Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. , 

Howard George, 4359 Frankford Ave., Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa. 

The Price Co., 238 Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md. 

E. K. Tryon, 61 1 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

World Printing Co., 5429 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Sportsmen’s Review, 15-27 West Sixth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

R. S. Elliott Arms Co., Kansas City, Mo. 

Kirkwood Bros., 23 Elm Street, Boston, Mass. 

Fleet-McGinley Co., South and Water Streets, Baltimore, Md. 

H. C. Ammann & Co., Peotone, 111. 

i 

Score Pads and Score Cards 

Score pads and score cards which are a great convenience in 
running club shoots may be obtained without cost from the Du Pont 
Company. Write for them and a supply will be sent you. 


A>« (A*, 'll). 



STANDARD SMOKELESS SHOTGUN POWDERS 



The Old Reliable Brands That Make And Break Records 


A FURTHER SUPPLY OF THESE SCORE PADS WILL BE FURNISHED ON APPLICATION TO DU PONT. WILMINGTON. DEL. 


A HINT TO CLUB SECRETARIES 

KEEP YOUR CLUB TO THE FRONT AND HELP THE SPORT ALONG BY MAILING REPORTS OF YOUR TOURNAMENTS AND CLUB SHOOTS TO THE 
SPORTSMEN S PAPERS. SOME OF THESE ARE: FOREST AND STREAM. 22 THAMES ST . NEW YORK. AMERICAN FIELD. MASONIC TEMPLE, 
Chicago; sportsmen's review, is west sixth st , Cincinnati, sporting Lire, 3* south thiso st., Philadelphia. 


CLUB. OF DATE 

TARGETS ENTRANCE EVENT No CONDITIONS 



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SMOKELESS SHOTGUN POWDERS 


Event 

Targets 

Score 

Entrance 

Receipts 

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Cashier and Bulletin Sheets 

The cashier sheets are a great 
convenience to the cashier or 
manager of the shoots, being com- 
plete in every respect and adapted 
to any system of money division. 
The bulletin sheets are intended 
for use in posting the scores, event 
by event, on the bulletin board, 
where they may be seen by the con- 
testants. The Du Pont Company 
will send, without charge, to any 
club requesting them a supply of 
cashier and bulletin sheets suffi- 
cient to run a shoot or tournament. 

Record Book 

A record book is a necessity 
for a trapshooting club if any kind 
of system is to be maintained in 
keeping the scores. Books specially 
arranged for this purpose are 


furnished by AMERICAN 
FIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago, 111., and 
by SPORTSMEN’S REVIEW, Cincinnati, Ohio. 


Cleaning Rods, Gun Oil, Etc. 

i 

Every club should keep handy a well filled oil can, a few cheap 
cleaning rods and some small pieces of cheese cloth or canton flannel. 
Their cost is as nothing compared with the appreciation of the 
shooters. See that no oiled rags are left in the club house, as spon- 
taneous combustion may start a fire among them. 


Attention to Equipment 

Before the shoot starts the trap house should be filled with tar- 
gets, and the trap, or traps, should be cleaned, oiled and regulated. 
It is very aggravating to most shooters if all these things have to be 
attended to after they arrive, and should this happen regularly they 
will soon lose interest in the club. 


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Trap Operators 

The trap operators should be reliable and on hand when needed. 
It takes two boys or men to operate one automatic or expert type 
trap, and three to properly operate three expert type traps. Mem- 
bers of the club will not want to do this work, although when neces- 
sary someone will always volunteer as “puller.” 

Referees, Scorers and Squad Hustlers 

Members of the club will always be willing to fill these positions. 
Those who are most familiar with the rules of the sport should be 
delegated as referees. A copy of the booklet, “Trapshooting Rules,” 
should be at hand for reference. On request, the Du Pont Company 
will send you a liberal supply of these without charge. 

The work of scoring and of calling the squads to their places at 
the traps is not hard, and is usually pleasant to anyone interested. 
Help can be hired to do all of this work if necessary, but only at a 
sacrifice of funds which might otherwise be expended for trophies. 

Empty Shells 

The empty shells should be gathered immediately after each 
shoot, and not allowed to lay out in the weather. They have a 
considerable value for the brass that is in them and net the club a 
good revenue. They should be packed in empty target barrels and 
shipped to one of the following concerns, who make a business of 
handling them, or they can be sold to local junk dealers, who are 
always ready to buy them. 

Among the concerns handling empty shells are: 

H. B. Fisher 7125 Woodlawn Ave Philadelphia, Pa. 

R. S. Elliott Arms Co Kansas City Missouri. 

F. P. Jebb Atglen Pennsylvania. 

Chas. Centex Riverside Ave Wellington, Mass. 

Lehman Bros Hoboken New Jersey. 

Thomas Potter Waverly New Jersey. 

The price paid for empty shells depends upon the condition in 
which the shells arrive, and upon the market value of brass. It is 
not necessary to burn the paper away from the brass before shipping, 
and it is desirable to find out in advance approximately what the 
club will get out of them. 


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CONDUCTING A TRAPSHOOTING CLUB 


Organization and equipment have made your trapshooting 
club possible; only careful management and the sustained interest 
of your membership can make it successful. This interest can be 
easily directed into habits of permanency or as easily misled into 
dissipation and decline. What methods to pursue and which to 
avoid, that your club may accomplish its purpose to the utmost, are 
problems to which your officials and committees must give careful 
attention. 

In the following pages we aim to assist them by explaining 
plans that have made many trapshooting clubs successful; and by 
glancing at pitfalls into which other clubs have fallen. 

Shooting Days and Number of Targets 

“Too much shooting with its harmful reactions ’’ is the rock upon 
which many a promising club has foundered. The most successful 
and long-lived clubs are those that encourage moderate indulgence 
in the sport by having regular, but not too frequent shoots, and by 
limiting the members to a reasonable number of targets each day. 

While each club must be governed by local conditions, two 
regular shooting days per month will be judicious for most. Once a 
week is not too often for some clubs; twice a week should be avoided 
by all. In every case occasional holiday tournaments, merchandise 
races, etc., can be made to serve as added attractions. 

In deciding the number of targets to be allowed each member, 
it is well to consider that there is a limit to the purses of most mem- 
bers, as well as to their desire for competition; and that it is better 
to send them home hungry for more shooting and eager for the next 
regular club day than to have them expend too much enthusiasm 
and too much money at one time, when their visits will soon become 
intermittent or cease entirely. 

Some smaller clubs limit their members to twenty-five targets 
each regular shooting day, and in order that the full afternoon may 
be pleasantly spent, the members shoot “one man up” at five tar- 
gets, until all have shot their quota of twenty-five. In this style of 
shooting a man starts at No. 1 position and moves up one after each 
five shots, or after each shot, if preferred. 

Other clubs place the limit at fifty targets, but use only the 
scores made in the first twenty-five in figuring the winner of any 


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trophy that may be offered, the second string of twenty-five being 
considered as “practice'’ shooting. This is a very equitable arrange- 
ment, as it gives the wealthy shooter no advantage over the man who 
can afford but twenty-five targets in an afternoon. Some clubs 
allow members to exceed the regular target limit by paying double 
the regular rate for all targets shot at in excess of the limit, the sur- 
plus being used for the purchase of prizes. 

Regulating the Targets 

The official rules of trapshooting describe a fair or regulation 
target as one “thrown not less than forty-five yards nor more than 
fifty-five yards, with a flight between six and twelve feet high at a 
ooint ten yards from the trap.” Targets should never be thrown 
larder than the rules require. To do so is fatal, because it discour- 
ages the beginner, handicaps the more experienced, disgusts visitors 
and destroys that pride in good scores which is the chief satisfaction , 
every shooter should find in the sport. 

Committees and Their Functions 

Up to this point the progress of your trapshooting club has been 
largely determined by the membership as a whole. Henceforward 
its activities must be directed almost entirely by various committees 
appointed for that purpose. 

Membership Committee 

Many trapshooting clubs progress finely for a long time, but 
eventually get into a rut where interest and enthusiasm are lacking, 
and it is hard to get a representative crowd out to shoot. This is 
the beginning of the end unless new members, which are essential 
to the continued success of any organization, can be secured. 

It is far wiser to anticipate this condition by having at all times 
an active membership committee of at least five, acting with a chair- 
man who is a live wire. Each should endeavor to secure at least 
one new member per month, and they should be aided by every other 
member doing his utmost to induce friends and acquaintances to join. 
Special trophies may be offered to be contested for by new members ; 
the initiation fee may be reduced or taken off during certain periods 
and various other means employed to encourage desirable persons 
to join. The permanency of the club and the enjoyment of the indi- 
vidual members increase greatly as the total membership increases. 


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Entertainment Committee 

This committee should be composed of from three to five mem- 
bers, whose duty it is to see that visitors receive every courtesy and 
have an opportunity of shooting if they wish. Whenever matches 
of special interest are scheduled the entertainment committee should 
invite attendance, both personally and through the papers, and make 
the necessary arrangements for their comfort. They will also take 
charge of banquets, or the serving of food or refreshments of any 
kind incidental to the shoots. 

Trophy Committee 

Every club should have a trophy committee to secure suitable 
prizes and arrange the contests at which they will be offered. These 
trophies and prizes may be secured: 

1. By purchase with club funds. 

2. By solicitation and donation from prominent members and 
business houses. 

3. By charging those who compete a special entrance fee to cover 
the cost of the trophy. 

Club funds available for trophies will come from the small net 
profit in the sale of shells and targets, and from the surplus revenue 
derived from dues and initiation fees. 

Dealers in hardware and sporting goods, jewelry and other lines, 
and very often the local hotels will donate articles of merchandise for 
the publicity they will receive. Prominent men, interested in the club, 
will often offer a cup or other prize to be shot for in a series of events. 

The trophy committee may be empowered to purchase prizes 
and charge those who shoot for them a pro rata share of the cost, in 
addition to the price of the targets. In every case trophies should 
be prominently displayed in one or more of the store windows about 
town for some time prior to the shoot. This will create interest and 
will be appreciated by the dealers exhibiting trophies for its adver- 
tising value to them. 

Du Pont Trophies 

From time to time the Du Pont Company offers attractive 
trophies to trapshooting clubs, to be used as prizes in regular club 
contests. These trophies are furnished absolutely free to active 
and deserving clubs. Be sure to write for information concerning 
them. 


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Handicap Committee 

The duty of the Handicap Committee is to arrange the handicaps 
for the trophies and prizes contested for, so that every shooter’s 
chance shall be adjusted to his ability. There should be at least 
three members of this committee, selected because of their knowledge 
of the trapshooting game, their interest in the success of the club and 
their desire to be fair and just with all contestants. The secretary 
should act in an advisory capacity to the committee, so that the 
records of the shooters may be available. 

The basis for handicapping is “the known shooting ability of 
the contestants in the best judgment of the committee.’’ Where 
the record of a contestant is not known, he should be required to 
state it. Any misstatement may disqualify a contestant from par- 
ticipating for prizes. 

Handicap Systems 

Various systems are used in conducting handicap contests for 
prizes and trophies. There is no one system which gives universal 
satisfaction. The distance handicap, added target or dead bird 
handicap, and sliding handicap, all have their friends and are widely 
used. Explanations are given here of several systems that are in 
general favor. 

The Class System 

This system seeks to arrange the shooters of nearly equal ability 
into classes or divisions. It works best when separate trophies are 
provided for each class, so that a division of expert shots will not be 
contesting for the same trophy as a division of mediocre shooters. 
The number of classes may vary from two to six, depending upon 
the number of shooters and the number of prizes offered. 

It is essential that the make up of the classes be changed from 
time to time to take care of those who have no chance to win from 
being classed too high; and to advance into higher classes those who 
have improved with practice and become too expert for the other 
shooters in their division. Where there are only two or three classes 
and a wide range of ability still exists in each division, contests be- 
tween members of the division may be on a distance handicap basis 
that will further equalize their chances. Some clubs rule that a 
Class A shooter can win but one prize in any month; and that the 
winning of a trophy in any lower class automatically advances that 
shooter into the next higher class. 


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The classification for different numbers of classes is arranged by 
percentages about as follows: 


5 Classes 
A — 92% and up 
B— 86 to 92% 

C— 76 to 86% 

D— 65 to 76% 

E — 65% and under 


4 Classes 
A — 90% and up 
B — 80 to 90% 

C— 70 to 80% 

D— 70% and under 


3 Classes 
A — 88% and up 
B— 75 to 88% 

C — 75% and under 


2 Classes 
A — All over 85% 
B — All under 85% 


The Added Target Handicap System 

The special advantages of this system are that it is simple and 
easily understood; it eliminates all necessity of handicapping by a 
committee, as each shooter handicaps himself automatically; and it 
insures keen competition throughout. 

Presuming the club is inaugurating a series of shoots for a trophy, 
the plan is as follows: 

Each shooter enters the first event with a handicap based on his 
previous records, handicapping himself for each succeeding event by 
the actual number of targets broken in the event before, no shooter 
to be credited with more added targets in an event than would make 
him a perfect score. The scale of this handicap, based on a twenty- 
five target event is as follows: 


A shooter breaking 23, 24 or 25 receives "O ’ added targets. 


22 

44 4 4 J 9 f 44 


21 

“ “2" “ 


20 

“ “ 


19 

“ “ 4 ” 


18 

( < K ^ 11 «« 


17 

“ "6” “ 


16 

44 4 4 y )» 44 


15 

“ “8” “ 



Explanation 

“A” is a shooter with a previous average of 23 or better out of 
25, hence he will receive “0” added targets at the first shoot. At 
this first shoot he breaks 20, and as he was to receive no added tar- 
gets, his score for that shoot remains at 20. However, his breaking 
only 20 entitles him to “3” added targets on the second shoot. At 
the second shoot he breaks 23, which, with his allowance of “ 3, ” gives 
him a perfect score of 25, not 26. Having broken 23 the scale allows 
him “0” added targets for the third shoot, and so on throughout 
the series. The winner of the series will be the contestant making 
the highest total score in all the events. 


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The Distance Handicap 

This is probably the best known and most generally used of the 
various systems of handicapping. Handicaps range from 16 to 23 
yards, and where the committee does its work well close contests 
should result. Based on averages made at 16-yard targets, the fol- 
lowing handicaps are suggested, with the proviso that they be ad- 
justed to the needs of the individual, as some shooters’ scores will be 
only slightly affected at increased distances, while others will suffer 
severely, and this must be considered if an equitable contest is to 
result: 

Shooters who average 95% or over, 23 yards. 




“ 92 to 94% 22 



89 to 91% 21 



86 to 88% 20 



83 to 85% 19 



80 to 82% 18 



77 to 79% 17 



76% or under 1 6 


Sliding Handicap 

The sliding system of handicapping re-handicaps the contestants 
after each five shots. All shooters start at 16 yards. A contestant 
breaking five straight then goes to the 17-yard mark, and goes back 
an additional yard for each additional five straight broken. Missing 
two in five, he goes forward one yard, providing, of course, that no 
one can go farther back than the 23-yard mark or farther forward 
than the 16-yard mark. This handicap gives greater satisfaction 
when the difference in shooting ability of the participants is slight 
than when the difference is considerable. 

Combination Distance and Added Target System 

Where the actual shooting average for all club members can be 
readily determined for any given period, this form of handicap can 
be used very nicely. Under any other conditions results would be 
doubtful. The basis for using this system follows: 


Known percentage of shooter 97—96—95—94-93—92—9 1 —90—89—88—87—86 

Distance handicap in yards 23-23-23-22-22-22-21-21-21-20-20-20 

Added target handicap 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9-10-11 

Known percentage of shooter 85—84—83—82—81 — 80— 79— 78— 77— 76 and under 

Distance handicap in yards 19-19-19-18-18-18-17-17-17-16 

Added target handicap 12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21 


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Combination Class System and Added Target Handicap 

In clubs where the shooters are divided into classes, an added 
target handicap can be used to very good advantage when all classes 
compete for one trophy. The number of targets added in each class 
may be varied to meet local needs, but the following will give a 
working basis: 

Class A shooters receive 0 or 1 added targets in 25 

n u a o a a a of 

B 2 or 3 25 

a a n a r a a a or 

C 4 or 5 25 

D 6 or 7 25 

L o or y Lj 

Note: When Class A shooters receive 0 targets, all other classes receive the smaller number, 
and vice versa. 

Lewis Class System 

This system does not modify the conditions of the contest or the 
scores of the contestants in any way. It does not come into action 
until the shoot is over, when it takes the scores made as a basis for 
the equitable distribution of the trophies, its awards being automatic. 

How the System Operates 

All the scores are arranged in numerical order, from the highest 
to the lowest in the entire event or program, and are then divided 
into from two to five equal groups or classes, which, beginning with 
the class containing the highest scores, are designated consecutively 
by letters from A to E. 

In making up these classes the following rules must be adopted: 

1. Where a short class is necessary, due to odd entry list, the 
short class shall head the list. 

2. Where the line of division falls in a number of tie scores, the 
contestants are assigned to the class in which the majority of the 
scores appear. 

3. Where an equal number of tie scores appear on either side of 
the line, contestants shall be assigned to the head of the lower class. 

4. Where the original division is changed, due to tie scores, this 
change shall apply only to the classes directly affected and the origi- 
nal division shall continue in the other classes. 

Money or Prize Division 

The prizes are then divided into as many equal parts as there 
are classes; and the high man or men in each class are the winners 
of the prizes allotted to that class. 


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Usual Division of Money in Each Class 

High Gun or Rose System 

60-40% 1 to 5 shooters 6-4 

50-30-20% 6 to 15 shooters 5-3-2 

40—30 20— 1 0 % . . 1 6 to 25 shooters .... 4—3—2— 1 

Merchandise or trophies are always awarded according to the 

High Gun System. Ties are shot off, or determined by lot, at the 

option of the tournament management. 

New Handicap Idea 

Out in the Middle West trapshooting clubs are giving a new 
handicap system a trial, which so far has proven very satisfactory. 
The idea is that each man shall start at 16 yards, and that his score 
in each event shall govern his handicap for the next event. 

In the following schedule of a 20-target, five-event race, John 
Doe, starting at 16 yards, breaks 20 targets in the first event. He 
must then shoot from 20 yards in the second event, and breaking 19, 
he shoots from 19 yards in the third event. In this event he breaks 
only fourteen, which necessarily puts him at sixteen yards in the 
fourth event, when he breaks 19, and establishes himself at the 
19-yard mark for the fifth event. 


Handicap: 

1 st Event 

2d Event 

3d Event 

4th Event 

5th Event 


1 6 yards: 

Hdcp. 

Score 

Hdcp. 

Score 

Hdcp. Score 

Hdcp. Score 

Hdcp. 

Score 

Total 

John Doe 

16 

20 

20 

19 

19 

14 

16 

19 

19 

17 

89x100 

R. Roe 

16 

19 

19 

18 

18 

17 

17 

19 

19 

19 

92x100 

B. Smith 

16 

18 

18 

17 

17 

16 

16 

20 

20 

18 

89x100 

J. Jones 

16 

17 

17 

16 

16 

20 

20 

17 

17 

18 

88x100 

T. Bones 

16 

16 

16 

20 

20 

19 

19 

19 

19 

18 

92x100 


The advantage of this system is its absolute simplicity. No 
extra work is required of the secretary or handicap committee, and 
every man always knows where he shoots in the next event. When 
this system is worked in 15 or 25-target events, a perfect score, 15 or 
25 respectively, places the shooter at the 20-yard mark. Every 
target less than a perfect score places him one yard forward of the 
20-yard mark, until the 1 6-yard mark is reached. 

Handicaps for Small Gauge Guns 

The official rules of trapshooting recognize only the standard 
twelve-gauge gun, and no provision is made in the way of handicaps 
for larger or smaller gauge guns. In tournaments conducted accord- 
ing to Interstate Rules guns larger than 12-gauge are barred, while 
users of smaller gauge guns must compete on the same basis as those 
using 12-gauge guns. 


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In club shoots rules may be made to govern conditions as they 
exist. For instance, if several of the shooters have 16 or 20-gauge 
guns and do not wish to change, they may, if the other members are 
agreeable, be allowed to shoot at 14 yards, against 16 yards for the 
others. 

Occasionally a shooter will show up at a club with a 10-gauge 
gun. He should be handicapped to 18 or 19 yards if competing 
against shooters using 12-gauge guns. 

Systems of Money Divisions 

Booklets on this subject are published by the Winchester 
Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., and by the Remington 
Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Woolworth Building, New York 
City. Write for them. 

Novelty Shoots 

There are many interesting novelty events that can be staged 
to add zest to the sport and keep up the enthusiasm of the members. 
A few suggestions are given here. Many others can be worked up. 
Every club secretary should be thinking continually of ways to 
surprise the club with something new. Those ways which entail a 
distinct obligation on the part of each member to come out and shoot 
will be most effective and beneficial. 

Team Shoot 

Losing team to pay for dinner of winners. Dinner not to cost 
over $1.00 or $1.25 per plate; or winning team to receive a prize 
which can be shot for and become the property of some member of 
the winning team. 

Choose two captains and name each team, Red and Blue, for 
example. Captains draw lots for first choice, and choose the mem- 
bers alternately from the club roster. Give the shoot plenty of 
newspaper publicity and make sure that the captains get out their 
team members for the contest. Make the program small, not over 
25 targets per man if there are over fifty contestants in the shoot. 

Variety Shoot 

Classify members according to their ability into five classes : A, 

B, C, D and E, and have two or three prizes for each class. Have 
program for the afternoon consist of 50 targets, as follows: 

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Class A shooters to stand at 21 yards. 


B 

C 

D 

E 


I 4 

4 4 

44 

4 4 

20 

4 4 

1 4 

44 

4 4 

4 4 

18 

4 4 

4 4 

4 4 

4 4 

44 

16 

4 4 

4 4 

44 

4 4 

44 

14 

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Event 1,10 pairs of doubles (20 targets). 

Event 2, 20 single targets, gun at shoulder. 

Event 3, 10 single targets, gun at hip when target 
is called. 


Quail Shoot 

One man up, gun in hand, not at shoulder, he starts to walk 
from the 23-yard mark towards the trap house, and gets his targets 
any time during this walk. At discretion of puller contestants may 
be allowed to walk beyond the trap house. 


Miss-and-Out Event 


Classify shooters into five classes by letter. Have event run 
for three or four regular shooting days, and sell entries at a price 
which will permit buying one or two trophies for longest straight 
runs. Have 


Class E 
“ D 
“ C 
“ B 
“ A 


shooters stand at 1 4 yards. 

a a **|6 * * 

a n “]§ “ 

a a “]9 “ 

“ “ “ 20 “ 


Throw the targets full fifty yards. 
No. 2 position. A man making his first 


Shoot one man up at a time, all shooting to be done from 
“miss” is out for that day’s shoot unless he re-enters. 


Change Guns Event 

Line up the shooters in squads of five. Each shooter to use his 
own gun at his original position and to leave it there when he moves 
up, so that he will shoot a different gun at each of the five positions. 
The change gun feature can be applied to any ordinary event. 


Hand Trap Event 

Shooters line up in squad formation. Hand trap operator 
stands about two yards to left of shooter at No. 1 position. He 
throws the targets as fast as he can work the trap, and at any speed, 
angle, height or distance he desires. A small trophy should be 
offered for the best score in a 25-bird event. 


Hand Trap Event No. 2 

Have a portable barricade for the trap operator and locate it in 
front of the trap house, about 35 yards in front of the shooters. 
Incomers, cross-fliers and overhead targets should be thrown from 


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behind the barricade. These will prove so puzzling, and the novelty 
of shooting at them appeal so strongly to the average shooter, that 
he will hardly need any further inducement in the way of a trophy 
to enter. 

Overhead Targets 

If the club house has an upstairs balcony or porch, a hand trap 
or expert type trap can be used to throw overhead targets for the 
shooters, who will stand in their regular positions at the score, shoot- 
ing away from the club house as always. This event is particularly 
popular with the game shooters. 

Ghost Target Events 

Paint one or more targets white, and instruct the trap boy to 
throw one occasionally as he comes to it. The shooter who breaks 
the “ghost” target wins the trophy, or, if there is more than one 
“ghost” and only one trophy, the shooter breaking the most “ghosts” 
wins it. Ties are decided by drawing lots. Whenever a “ghost” 
target is missed it should be replaced by another. 

Vegetable Shoot 

A vegetable shoot can be held, each contestant bringing some- 
thing in the vegetable line to put up as a prize. Choice of prizes to 
go to the highest score, and so on until all the prizes have been 
awarded. 

Grab Bag Shoot 

Each contestant brings some article valued at from 50 cents to 
$1 .00, and all prizes are placed in a bag or covered box. The winners 
draw their prizes without opportunity of seeing what they select. 
First choice may be awarded to either the highest or lowest score. 
A grab bag event is a whole lot of fun. 

Colored Target Event 

For a 25-bird event prepare 1 5 colored targets, five each of white, 
red and yellow. Have the trap boy scatter these among enough 
regular targets so that they will all be thrown by the end of the event. 
Allow one point for each ordinary target broken, two for a white one, 
three for a red, and four for a yellow. Deduct a like amount for 


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each colored target missed or refused, if a fair target. The element 
of chance is so great in this event that it is bound to be exciting. 
Any other colors or values can be substituted for those suggested. 

Quaker Shoot 

Not a voice is heard from the firing line. The puller pulls the 
trap at his own sweet will, and the shooters abide by the consequences, 
accepting any bird but a broken one. A shooter who speaks, for 
any reason whatever, before the event is over has one point deducted 
from his score for each such break, or, if previously agreed upon, may 
be barred from further participation in the event. 

Wiping His Eye 

Jones, Smith, Brown, Green and Bell take their positions in the 
order stated. When Jones’ time comes to shoot, Smith gets ready. 

If Jones breaks his target it is counted for him, but if he misses, 
Smith shoots at it. If Smith breaks it it is counted for him. Then 
Smith gets a shot at his own regular target, which, if he misses, 
Brown shoots at, and so on throughout the event. The man that 
has broken the most targets is declared the winner. 

Pick-Up Race 

Two men to team — five teams to squad. The first time down 
the line the left-hand man on each team shoots first, his partner 
shooting at the same target in case he misses. If the partner breaks 
it, it is counted for the team. On the second time down the right- * 
hand man shoots first, and his partner protects him. Targets are 
scored as lost when partners shoot out of turn; when both partners 
shoot together; or when the second partner shoots after the first 
partner has broken his target. 

Snipe Shooting 

The shooter walks directly forward from a point about 25 feet 
in front of the trap, the birds being thrown over his head, angles, 
speed and time of flight to be at the puller’s pleasure. When pump 
or automatic guns are used, they are to be filled full and shot empty 
before the shooter returns to start over, and the same target must be 
shot at until it is broken, touches the ground, or the gun is empty. 
When double guns are used two shooters take the field at the same 

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time, one loading while the other shoots, in order to save time. A 
shooter is required to take one step between each shot, and it is up 
to him to be looking for flying birds at all times, because the referee 
is watching him for carelessness in allowing birds to escape his sight, 
and a target can be scored against the shooter who passes it up, if, 
in the referee’s opinion, it should have been plain to him. A shooter 
shoots 25 shells while in the field, coming back to the starting point 
to reload his gun each time it is empty. Each shot counts just what 
is done. The score to be the total breaks out of 25 shells. 

This event is very interesting and very helpful to one’s field 
shooting. With a good, fair referee there is slight chance of any 
shooter getting any advantage over the others in the event. 

Class Challenge Cup Conditions 

A set of class challenge cups will furnish a very interesting series 
of contests in any club. The number of classes and the conditions 
named here are merely suggestive: 

The competiton shall be for three cups, one each in classes A, B 
and C, and shall be inaugurated by a 25-target, no handicap, shoot, 
open to all members of the classes named. 

Challenge matches may be shot only on regular shooting days 
and between shooters of the same class, all challenges to be made to 
the secretary in writing. 

Challenge matches to be at 50 targets, in two events of 25 targets 
each, ties to be shot off in additional 25-target events, the winner to 
hold the cup as long as he can successfully defend it, providing that 
if unchallenged before three regular shooting days have passed, the 
cup must be turned in and placed in open competition, and providing 
also that the holder must accept any challenge within two weeks 
from the date it is made or surrender the cup to the challenger, who 
must then defend it. 

A shooter successfully defending the cup is entitled to have his 
name engraved upon it, but not a shooter who won the cup in open 
competition or by the forfeiture of a challenge. 

Any holder of a class challenge cup who has been raised to a 
higher class must turn the cup in for open competition. 

After each cup has been won five or more times in challenge 
matches, it becomes the property of the shooter winning it the most 
times. Ties are decided by shooting a match at 50 targets per man, 
distance handicap to govern. 


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Club Championship Matches 

Matches for the club championship may be conducted along 
lines similar to the class challenge matches. Handicaps may be 
allotted according to the known average of the shooters, thus offering 
all an incentive to compete. If only the best shots are to have an 
opportunity of winning then the handicap feature should be omitted. 

Inter-club Team Races 

Match races or team shoots with other nearby clubs are fruitful 
of much keen interest and good fellowship. The shooters will be 
glad to entertain visitors on their grounds and to be entertained in 
turn. The home club should offer several suitable prizes for the 
visitors, as well as for their own members. 

As such a shoot would usually be held in an afternoon, the pro- 
gram should be limited to 50 targets per man. Each club to shoot 
as many men as it can muster, the total scores of the five or ten high- 
est men on each side to determine the winning team. 

Beginners’ Shoots 

A Beginners’ Day Shoot once or twice a year will increase the 
club membership, and keep it before the public as a live organization. 
Many good sportsmen and field shooters would like to learn trap- 
shooting, but have not joined your club because they lack the courage 
to face the traps before a crowd of spectators and experienced shooters. 
Set aside a day for them and get all the club members working for 
the success of the affair. Give it plenty of newspaper publicity. 
Offer a trophy to the beginner making the best score, and a prize to 
the member getting out the most beginners. See that each beginner 
is provided with a gun and that the proper and safe handling of the 
same is explained to him by one of your experienced shooters. 
Throw targets 35 to 40 yards and at slight angles so that they will 
be as easily hit as possible, and do not have the Beginners’ Event 
over 25 targets if you expect them to come back and eventually to 
join the club. 

Trophy Spoon Contests 

Sterling silver spoons are among the most popular prizes used 
by trapshooting clubs. They cost about $1 .25 each when purchased 
in lots of a dozen or more, which enables many clubs to offer a spoon 
in every class each regular shooting day. Where surplus funds are 


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not available an extra entrance fee of ten or fifteen cents each may 
be asked to cover the trophy. 

Members who wish to purchase extra spoons to complete sets 
should be allowed to do so at regular club rates. The conditions 
governing trophy spoon contests may be arranged to suit each par- 
ticular club. Winning a spoon should raise the contestant to the next 
highest class. 

Contest for Double-Target Trophy 

Double-target contests are popular with almost all shooters, 
especially those who hunt ducks or upland game. The practice at 
doubles noticeably improves the work of those who are inclined to 
shoot too slowly at single targets. 

In a series of contests for a double-target trophy, 12 pairs (24 
targets) should be shot at for each of, say ten, consecutive shooting 
days. The shooter making high actual score each day to win a leg 
on the cup. No shooter to be credited with more than one leg, and 
the ten winners of legs to shoot a final contest for the trophy at 25 
pairs each. 

Merchandise Shoots 

Once or twice a year a good list of prizes can be secured through 
solicitation from club members, prominent individuals and local 
business houses. The latter will be particularly liberal if there is a 
printed program of the shoot, in which their advertisements can 
appear in exchange for merchandise, and if they are permitted to 
display various trophies in their windows, and are listed in the local 
papers as contributors. 

The program should not call for over 100 targets, nor the 
entrance fee exceed $2.00. The extra dollar being applied to the 
purchase of trophies, as the more prizes there are the larger will be 
the attendance. The Lewis Class System should be used to insure 
a fair distribution to the shooters. 

Money Shoots or Sweepstakes 

Shooting for money, or “little side bets,” has destroyed many 
fine gun clubs, and should be eliminated from any club that hopes 
to enjoy a full measure of success. A little optional sweep of twenty- 
five or fifty cents on an event doesn’t seem harmful, yet it increases 
the expenditure beyond the limit that many good sportsmen can 
afford, and must eventually restrict the sport to the wealthier mem- 
bers of the club, or kill it altogether. 

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Registered Shoots 

The matter of holding a registered shoot is one that should not 
be decided hastily. Unless a club has two automatic traps, good 
grounds, can stand the expense should a deficit occur, and has eight 
or ten members willing to shoot through the entire program, it should 
not consider holding a registered shoot. Such a shoot also entails 
considerable expense to the club and the members, as well as a lot 
of detail work which must be taken care of in the best possible man- 
ner if the shoot is to be successful. Until a registered shoot can be 
undertaken with perfect confidence, the members of a trapshooting 
club should content themselves with attending such shoots at other 
places. 

How to Conduct Tournaments 

A tournament to be successful and perfectly satisfactory to the 
contestants must be well thought out beforehand and conducted 
with system from start to finish. Some of the things that the club 
management must consider very carefully are: 

Date of Shoot — A date should be selected and announced in 
the shooting weeklies at least two months in advance, and this date 
should not conflict with a shoot at some nearby club and so detract 
from both. If a registered tournament is planned, and money and 
trophy contributions expected, the matter should be taken up with 

the INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION, 219 Coltart Ave., Pittsburgh, 

Pa., on or before February 15th, of any year. If contributions are 
not expected, and it is desired to have the shoot registered so that 
the scores made will appear in the official averages, application for 
registration must be made at least forty-five days in advance of the 
date of the shoot or it cannot be granted. 

Program — The printed program should be issued and mailed to 
the shooters fully three weeks in advance of the date of the tourna- 
ment. This will give them an opportunity of talking it over with 
their friends, of writing to those at a distance, and of making the 
necessary arrangements to attend. 

Cashier — This is an important position and one that can hardly 
be well filled by a novice. It is also dangerous to depend altogether 
upon a professional trapshooter or some outside man, as, at the last 
moment, something may prevent his coming. If outside help is 
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services. However, the club should have some one among its mem- 
bers who can cashier a shoot or who will take the necessary pains 
to equip himself, when it will be entirely independent in this matter. 

The Day of the Shoot —On this day the cashier should be on 
hand at least an hour before the time for starting. He should have 
his cashier sheets with him and a liberal supply of change (nickels, 
dimes and quarters), so that the preliminary work of entering the 
contestants, etc., can be arranged without delaying the shoot in 
any way. 

The referees, squad sheet writers, squad hustlers, trap pullers 
and trap boys, all of whom should be arranged for in advance, should 
also be on hand at least an hour before the shoot. The field captain 
should be with them, to see that they are all properly instructed in 
their duties and that the instructions are followed. 

The field captain should also make certain that a good supply 
of squad sheets and bulletin sheets are at hand, and that the score 
boards are ready. He should see that the traps are well oiled, in 
good working order, and regulated to throw targets in conformity 
with the Interstate Association Rules. A supply of extra springs 
should be on hand to make repairs quickly in case of a breakdown. 
The trap house should be well filled with targets, and a reserve 
supply handy. 

Entries — Shooters should be requested to enter for the entire 
day’s program right at the start, with the understanding that they 
can withdraw at any time, if necessary. It is very inconvenient for 
the cashier and squad sheet writer to contend with a situation where 
shooters enter for an event at a time, and it is quite unnecessary 
when shooters can withdraw after any event. 

Disposition of Squad Sheets — The squad sheets should be 
kept in regular order, event by event, and squad following squad. 
They should be available for reference during the shoot, and should 
be preserved for at least a month thereafter, to settle any dispute 
as to the score made by a contestant. 

State Association of Trapshooting Clubs 

There is a State Association of trapshooting clubs in practically 
every state in the Union. Every club should join the association 
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from the Du Pont Company. The initiation fees and annual dues 
are nominal, while the club and its members will obtain benefits 
from affiliation with such an organization many times in excess of 
the outlay. 

Each year a State Shoot is held on the grounds of one of the 
associated clubs, and shooters come from all sections to compete 
for the fine list of trophy and money prizes offered. At the State 
Shoot, also, the Amateur State Championship event is staged. It 
is a great honor to win a State Championship, and the champion, 
or runner up, is eligible to compete in the event known as The Na- 
tional Amateur Championship, which is held in connection with the 
Grand American Handicap each year. 

Leagues of Trapshooting Clubs 

Trapshooting leagues have proven a wonderful stimulus to the 
sport, because the shooters participating in league contests have 
found them a most enjoyable form of competition. Where three or 
more clubs are located within a reasonable distance of each other, 
an attempt should be made to form a league, with the idea of holding 
a series of shoots between them. These leagues result in an intense 
sectional rivalry, which often engages a large part of the populations 
in the towns where the different clubs are located. 

For full information on the organization and conduct of trap- 
shooting leagues, write the Du Pont Company for its “Trapshooting 
Leagues’ booklet, which will be sent free on request of anyone 
interested. 

The Interstate Association 

The Interstate Association is the governing body of trapshoot- 
ing. It is composed of the leading gun, powder, shell and lead 
manufacturers of the United States, and has been in existence for 
nearly a quarter of a century, during which time it has brought 
order and permanency out of the chaotic conditions existing in the 
early history of the sport. It is almost entirely due to the efforts 
and the efficient management of the Interstate Association that 
trapshooting has disclosed its real worth, and is organized and 
conducted on its present high plane. 

The Interstate Association aims to advance the interests of 
trapshooters and to popularize the sport in every legitimate way 
and all the time. Its functions are to assist to the best of its ability 
those wishing to organize gun clubs; to aid in the formation and 


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upbuilding of trapshooting leagues and state associations ; to arrange 
for and manage the Grand American Trapshooting Tournament 
and the Subsidiary Tournaments; to register tournaments for gun 
clubs, contributing in money and prizes to the success of such tourn- 
aments as, in its opinion, are most deserving; to maintain an 
accurate record of the scores made by contestants in registered 
tournaments, and to issue same in book form year by year; to pro- 
vide the rules that govern such registered contests, and to see that 
these rules are properly interpreted and followed. 

It is apparent that the management of the Interstate Associa- 
tion has plenty to do, and that the scope and range of its activities, 
covering the entire country, must occasionally subject it to indi- 
vidual or local criticism; yet it has been so fair in all its rulings, and 
so clearly sincere in its desire to do the utmost for the sport as a 
whole, that it has merited and enjoys almost universal approval, 
and the sport of trapshooting is immeasurably in its debt. 

The Grand American Handicap 

This is the premier event of the trapshooting world. It is staged 
yearly under the auspices of the Interstate Association. To win it 
is the highest honor that can come to a trapshooter. The event 
consists of 100 single targets, handicaps 16 to 23 yards, and is open 
to amateur shooters only. Every shooter who can spare the time 
should attend this tournament. In 1915 there were 838 entries in 
the Grand American Handicap event. 

Subsidiary Handicaps 

There are usually four subsidiary handicaps held under the 
supervision of the Interstate Association. These are next in impor- 
tance to the Grand American Handicap as classic trapshooting events. 
They take their names from the sections in which they are held, the 
Southern Handicap, Eastern Handicap, Western Handicap and 
Pacific Coast Handicap being staged every year. It is considered 
a great honor to win any of these events, and they are always well 
worth attending. 

The American Amateur Trapshooters , Association 

The increasing sentiment for a national organization that 
would unite the 500,000 amateur trapshooters in one body found 
expression on December 23, 1915, in the birth of the AMERICAN 


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AMATEUR TRAPSHOOTERS’ ASSOCIATION. A careful study 

of the aims of this association makes it apparent that no club can 
afford not to affiliate. These aims may be summarized as follows: 

First — To strengthen and stimulate the component club organ- 
izations by increasing attendance and interest in the regular club 
shoots. 

*> 

Second — To encourage a greater development of the individual 
shooter by providing a progressive incentive for regular practice at 
the traps. 

Third — To provide opportunity for recognition for the shooter 
of average ability as well as for the expert. 

Fourth — To cooperate with club secretaries by affording a 
clearing house for the interchange of helpful information. 

Fifth — To unite in one organization the 500,000 trapshooters 
and nearly 5,000 trapshooting clubs. 

Sixth — To increase interest in the sport by the publication of 
club news and the dissemination of publicity. 

Seventh — To undertake any endeavor that may improve the 
conditions affecting the sport of trapshooting. 

Organization 

The American Amateur Trapshooters’ Association is a corpora- 
tion without capital stock. It is not operated for financial profit; 
private property of the members is not subject to the payment of any 
corporate debts whatever. The membership is limited to white, 
amateur trapshooters. 

For complete information regarding this association, its officers, 
dues, trophies and official organ, The American Shooter , write 

AMERICAN AMATEUR TRAPSHOOTERS’ ASSOCIATION, 

200 Maryland Trust Building, Baltimore, Maryland. 

Newspaper Publicity 

We have already spoken several times of newspaper publicity, 
but it will bear repetition. Publicity is necessary for the club 
because it keeps it before the public; gives the members an added 
incentive for good scores, and their friends an interesting topic of 
conversation. It attracts many persons to the club events who will 
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Announcements of scheduled trapshooting events and full 
reports of shoots is the kind of news every editor is glad to get; and 
club secretaries have no more important duty than to send these 
items in promptly, while they still have their full news value. 

Many papers will be thankful for occasional interesting articles 
dealing with prominent shooters of national reputation; with large 
and important tournaments, such as the Grand American Handicap, 
the State Shoot, etc.; with exceptional performances at the traps 
anywhere; and with new developments in the sport itself. 

Some few clubs frown on publicity and do not have their scores 
published. This is rather a narrow-minded attitude, which the 
progressive members should eliminate, if they want their club to be 
recognized as a progressive organization. 


Sporting Weeklies and Monthlies 

The weekly and monthly magazines devoted to the interests of 
sportsmen generally have been a great factor in the development of 
trapshooting, and deserve cooperation and support. Most of these 
sporting magazines maintain trapshooting departments and are con- 
stantly on the lookout for live items. They are eager to publish 
scores made in tournaments and club shoots. Club secretaries 
should see that they are supplied with these scores and with any 
happenings of interest. 


Sporting Weeklies 

American Shooter Maryland Trust Building Baltimore, Md. 

Sportsmen’s Review 15 W. Sixth Street , Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Breeder and Sportsman San Francisco California. 

Sporting Life 34 S. Third Street Philadelphia, Pa. 

American Field Masonic Temple .Chicago, 111. 


Sporting Monthlies 


Forest and Stream 

Outdoor Life 

Field and Stream 

National Sportsman 

Outer’s Book 

Outing 

Western Field 

Rod and Gun in Canada 

Sports Afield 

Western Graphic 


32 Thames Street 

1 824 Curtis Street 

456 Fourth Avenue 

. 73 Federal Street 

Milwaukee 

1 14 W. Thirty-sixth Street 
American Bank Building. . 

Woodstock 

542 S. Dearborn Street . . . 
2285 Howard Street 


New York City. 
Denver, Colo. 

New York City. 

. Boston, Mass. 
Wisconsin. 

New York City. 
Los Angeles, Cal. 
Ontario, Canada. 
Chicago, 111. 

San Francisco, Cal. 


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Entertainment of Visitors 

Most clubs will entertain a good many visitors in the course of 
a year. It should be the endeavor of the entertainment committee, 
the officers and individual members not only to make these visitors 
thoroughly welcome, but to make an asset of their presence by 
encouraging in them an active interest in the sport. 

Urge every visitor, if possible, to try his hand at the shooting 
game. Lend him a gun and a few shells, and proceed to coach and 
instruct him in the art. If he breaks one or two targets out of the 
first five, he will want to try a few more, and, more than likely, after 
fifteen or twenty-five shots, he will be open to a suggestion of mem- 
bership. The club should always have a few open boxes of shells 
that can be used to entertain visitors, and should, of course, absorb 
the expense for targets. 

Visitors always advertise a club according to the reception they 
receive. Don’t let it be said of your club or its members that it is 
lacking in courtesy and attention to guests, whether invited or other- 
wise. 

Local Shooters Who Are Not Members 

A club is often confronted with the problem of what to do with 
local shooters who come out to shoot more or less frequently and 
still do not care to join the club. Inasmuch as they are not eligible 
to compete for prizes, there can be no harm in allowing them to shoot 
for practice. If they like to shoot and are accorded proper treatment, 
there is every prospect that they will eventually apply for member- 
ship. Probably the best way to settle a matter of this kind is to 
leave it in the hands of the president, to take such action as he sees fit, 
as it is really a matter that comes under the president’s jurisdiction. 

Guns Owned by Club 

Two or three club-owned guns, of standard American makes, 
will prove a valuable asset. Members and visitors who do not have 
guns, or did not bring them along, should be allowed to use these 
club guns without charge. They will tide over the members who 
have not bought guns until such time as they are able to do so, or 
have made up their minds as to just what to order. 

It should be fully understood that these guns are not intended 
for use anywhere but at the club, and that the persons using them 
are responsible for their condition, so that they will be kept properly 
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Electrotypes for Trapshooting Clubs 

Electrotypes showing trapshooting scenes suitable for use on 
letter-heads or tournament programs, may be secured at small cost 
from the American Type Founders Association, Philadelphia, Pa. 
The Du Pont Company also has several electrotypes of a somewhat 
different character, but suitable for the same uses, any of which will 
be sent free upon request. The use of these will give a distinctive 
character to the notices and other communications that go from the 
club to its members, to the public and to other clubs, and will indicate 
an organization of standing. 

Precautions and Suggestions Posters 

Safety First should be uppermost in the minds of the shooters 
at all times. If you have not already done so, send to the Du Pont 
Company at once for a supply of Precautions and Suggestions 
Posters, which will be sent without charge. These posters are 
printed on cloth in large type. They should be posted prominently 
about the club house and grounds, and the attention of new and 
careless shooters called to them. The officers of the club should 
sharply criticize anyone who carelessly or intentionally disregards 
these common-sense rules. 

For the benefit of the individual reader and the temporary 
instruction of gun clubs, we give here the text of this poster: 

ATTENTION ! 

Precautions and Suggestions 

For the safety of those taking part in trapshooting, as well as 
the onlookers, the following precautions should be observed and 
rigidly enforced: 

No. 1 . Do not place a shell in your gun except when standing at the firing 
line in your proper place in the squad, and with the muzzle of the gun pointed 
in the direction of the trap house. 

No. 2. Place only ONE shell in your gun when shooting single targets, and 
but TWO shells when shooting double targets. 

No. 3. When changing from position No. 5 to position No. 1 at the firing 
line be sure to have your gun open and unloaded. 

No. 4. Never, under any circumstances, point a gun in the club house, or 
in the direction of any other person. If you pick up a gun to look it over, make 
certain both chamber and magazine are empty before pulling the trigger. 

No. 3. Do not question the referee’s decision. The person shooting is the 
least competent to judge the result of a shot, as the recoil of the gun for an instant 
impairs the shooter’s vision. 


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No. 6. Avoid being late in getting to your place on the firing line, and 
otherwise extend to contestants the same courtesies you expect to receive. 

No. 7. Remain in your position at the firing line with the gun empty until 
the last man in the squad has finished shooting. 

No. 8. Do not converse with your neighbor while at the firing line, or do 
anything that might disconcert others in the squad. Spectators and non- 
contestants should avoid loud talking, etc., which might have a tendency to 
embarrass or disconcert the shooters. 

No. 9. Do not refuse a fair target. If at your call of “pull” a fair target 
leaves the trap and you do not shoot at it, the referee has no alternative but to 
call it “lost,” and it will be scored as a “miss.” 

No. 10. Do not shoot at a target which leaves the trap broken. Such a 
target is “no bird, ” whether you hit it or not, and you must shoot over. Always 
carry two or three extra shells to take care of such emergencies. 

No. 1 1 . Do not accept a target which takes an extreme variation of height 
or angle of flight. Such a target is “no bird” if you refuse it, but if you accept 
it (shoot at it) you must abide by the result of your shot. 

No. 12. Familiarize yourself with the “Rules of Trapshooting.” You can- 
not be an experienced trapshooter until you know the rules of the game. Trap- 
shooting Rules Booklet sent free upon request by the Du Pont Powder Co., 
Wilmington, Delaware. 

By observing the above precautions there will be no unfortunate accidents 
to mar the pleasure of contestants or spectators during the progress of a sport 
that is at once the best, as well as the cleanest, in which both men and women 
can participate, and which is fast becoming so universally popular. 

N. B. — Trapshooting clubs should furnish their trap boys with a flag or 
signal of some sort to be displayed when the boy wishes to leave the trap house 
and which should be in evidence during his absence therefrom. 


Trapshooting Rules 

Every trapshooter should be familiar with the rules governing 
the sport. A knowledge of them is absolutely essential to anyone 
who competes in large shoots and tournaments. The official rules 
of trapshooting are reproduced in book form by this company, and 
on request from the secretary of any trapshooting club we will send 
without charge as many of these booklets as are desired up to the 
full membership of the club. 


Why Gun Clubs Fail 

When we hear of a trapshooting club disbanding or going out 
of business, which does happen sometimes, we must not infer that 
trapshooting is lacking in the qualities which attract and hold red- 
blooded sportsmen. Investigation will always show that the club 
was inadequately supported from its inception, or that it was weakly 
officered and poorly conducted. 


44 


CLUB HANDBOOK 


We have glanced, as we went along, at some of the rocks on 
which trapshooting clubs founder. We wish to call attention to 
them again and all together. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. 
If your club is to be permanently successful, avoid the following 
errors. If you have already adopted some, this is the time to dis- 
card them and to start aright: 

Too much shooting ; that is, too many shoots and the shooting 
at too many targets by those not financially able to do so. 

Grounds inconveniently located. 

Too many tournaments. 

Permitting sweepstakes in club events. 

Monopolization of the offices, year after year, by a few members. 

Lack of interest by club officials. 

Poor system of handicapping in trophy contests, allowing the 
same few shooters to win practically all the prizes. 

Absence of continued effort to secure new members. 

Insufficient encouragement of novice shooters. 

Lack of system in conducting events ; no method for providing 
interesting trophy contests for the shooters. 

Non-adherence to rules; throwing targets as hard as the trap 
will allow, thus keeping down the scores. 

Disturbing influence of factions. 

Failure to keep up equipment. 

Shells and Targets 

The Du Pont Company is frequently asked to quote quantity 
prices on loaded shells and clay targets, by trapshooting clubs and 
individuals who are under the impression that we manufacture or 
sell these commodities. This, however, is not the case, and we 
always suggest that supplies of this nature be bought from the local 
dealer, who will be glad to make a price in accordance with the 
quantity purchased, and to whom the business legitimately belongs. 

It must be understood, however, that the Du Pont Company, as 
manufacturers of the highest and most popular grades of smokeless 
shotgun powders on the market, DUPONT, SCHULTZE and BAL- 
LISTITE, has a vital interest in inducing trapshooters to order 
their shells loaded with these powders. And as we can offer but the 
one great inducement of quality, we need only a few paragraphs to 
discuss the powder question. 


45 


TRAPSHOOTING 


The Powder Question 

No shooter, whether a game or trapshooter, can afford to handi- 
cap his performance by not securing in his ammunition a powder 
that is safe, reliable and effective at all times and under all conditions. 
If he will trust himself to the oldest powder makers in America, and 
use one of those brands, which represent the highest powder perfec- 
tion the world has yet reached, he will always shoot a little better than 
- he aims . By this we mean that DUPONT, SCHULTZE and BAL- 
LISTITE powders are plus powders. The actual figures prove that 
there are more “hits,” on the average, in a box of shells loaded with 
any one of these powders than in a box loaded with any other powder. 

This extra efficiency is inherent in the extra care, the greater 
experience and the superior facilities with which Du Pont powders 
are made. We have perfected them with infinite pains, and maintain 
them with infinite caution. We are behind them with every atom 
of our ability, our interest and our reputation. Du Pont powders 
are supreme in every essential of pattern, velocity, smokelessness, 
comfort, safety and keeping quality. They clean easily and will 
not pit or corrode the gunbarrels or lock. They are the standard 
powders — the “all-over” powders; the powders that are easiest to 
get and hardest to do without. Each has its special perfection: 

DUPONT (bulk) is the most popular smokeless shotgun powder 
in the world. More shooters use it than use all other powders com- 
bined. It generates a higher velocity than any other smokeless shot- 
gun powder; its recoil is moderate and its patterns perfect. 

BALL I ST I TE (dense) represents the acme of perfection in a 
dense smokeless shotgun powder. It is absolutely waterproof, may 
be immersed in water, dried, loaded and shot again with the best 
results. It gives a high velocity with even patterns and slight recoil. 

SCHULTZE (bulk) is the “easy on the shoulder powder.” It 
gives practically no recoil. It patterns perfectly, generates a high 
velocity, and is very pleasant to shoot. 

Trapshooting club secretaries can reduce their assortment of 
shells to a minimum, and still satisfy their members and visiting 
shooters, by carrying only shells loaded with Du Pont powders in 
their club stock, for Du Pont powders have been before sportsmen 
so long (over 1 1 5 years) and with such an irreproachable record that 
they are known by and acceptable to all. 


46 


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PERMISSIBLE EXPLOSIVES. Brands : Monobel and Carbonite — each brand 
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